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The Creature Feature will help you learn more about estuary plants and animals. Please be patient, this is a large file and may take a long time to download.

Here's the identification sheet we use to identify the organisms we commonly find at the Bay View State Park beach.

Try these great estuary songs recorded by Glen Alexander and Luke Hansen:

Three Little Salmon, adapted from the song by Saxie Dowell, Words and chords or MP3 version

Bivalve Bash, adapted from the traditional Barnyard Dance, Words and chords or MP3 version

Something I Don't Know, adapted from Eisler on the Go, lyrics by Woody Guthrie and music by Billy Bragg, Words and chords or MP3 version

Mud O-D Bay, adapted from Dock of the Bay by Otis Redding and Steve Cropper, Words and chords or MP3 version

Padilla Bay Food Chain Song, adapted from the traditional Green Grass Grows all Around, Words and chords or MP3 version

The Geoduck Song, written by Ron Konzak and Jerry and Judy Elfendahl, Words and chords or MP3 version

Tide Zone, adapted from All God's Critters Got a Place in the Choir by Bill Staines, Words and chords or MP3 version

Salish Sea, by Holly Arntzen, Words and chords or MP3 version

Treat Me Good, adapted from Steppin Razor by Peter Tosh, Words and chords or MP3 version

Octopus' Garden, by the Beattles, Words and chords or MP3 version

And these favorites on YouTube:

Has anybody seen my crab? adapted from Five Foot Two by Sam Lewis and Joe Young

Consider the Oyster sung by Martin Swinger and based on the essay "Love and Death Among the Molluscs" by MFK Fisher